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NITED STATES Patented October 20, 1903.

ERICK- W. PETERSON, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.

APRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,059, dated October20, 1903.

Application filed June 25, 1903. Serial No. 163,020. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERICK W. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVorkmens Aprons;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved workmans apron; and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.7

The object of my invention is to provide an apron of this class whichmay be readily put on and taken off, which is exceedingly cheap andsimple, which is cooler than the ordinary apron, and which may be madeof any suitable fabric or of leather, and which is adapted to be readilyadjusted to fit the wearer'and is extremely elastic, so as not to impedehis movements. p

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of aworkmans apron embodying my improvements, showing the back flaps open.Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, showing the back flaps closedand showing the yoke-flaps connected to the back flaps by thesuspender-straps.

In theembodiment of my invention I provide the front piece 1 of theapron with yokeflaps 2, adapted to be passed over the shoulders of thewearer, and with back flaps 3, which extend from the sides of the frontpiece and are adapted tobe folded at the back of the wearer, so that oneof the said flaps 3 will overlap the other. One of the back flaps isprovided with a button 4 and the other is provided with a buttonhole.Any other suitable device may be employed within the scope of myinvention to secure the back flaps together at their upper sides, wherethey overlap, and I do not desire to limit myself in this particular.

The shoulder or yoke flaps 2 are provided at their inner corners withelastic suspenderstraps 6, which are adapted to be crossed at the backof the wearer and the lower ends of which are adapted to be buttoned orotherwise detachably fastened to the upper sides of the back flaps 3.Sleeve-bands 7 are attached to the outer sides of the shoulder or yokeflaps and also to the outer upper corners of the front piece 1. Thelatter is provided on its front side with suitable pockets 8.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

the construction and operation of the invention will be readilyunderstood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A workmans apron comprising a front piece, projecting flaps 3 at thesides and above the lower end thereof adapted to be over- ERICK W.PETERSON.

Witnesses:

ROBERT VERNE BAKER, ADA B. BAKER.

